But contrary to most concerns going into the day’s ceremony, it wasn’t middleweight challenger Keith Jardine who struggled to make his bout official. Instead, it was preliminary card fighter Nah-Shon Burrell who needed an additional hour to make weight.

Meanwhile, Jardine, who is fighting for the first time at 185-pounds, successfully made the middleweight limit wearing both his fight shorts and a hat.

Today’s festivities took place at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino’s HRH Lounge in Las Vegas. Saturday’s Showtime-televised event takes place at The Joint, also located inside the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino.

A vocal crowd packed into the small lounge and cheered on the fighters throughout the ceremony. Perhaps surprisingly, it was Canadian youngster Jordan Mein who received the loudest welcome. A large portion of the audience yelled his fighting moniker, “Young Gun,” while he was on the scale.

There was little drama in the day’s staredowns, save for one comical moment when striking specialist Lorenz Larkin faked a takedown attempt on wrestling stud Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal.

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